Data tagging and federation in client-to-edge networks

Abstract

A data communication network includes client systems and an edge device. The client systems each provide telemetry data to the data communication network, tags a first portion of the telemetry data with first metadata, and tags a second portion of the telemetry data with second metadata. The first metadata indicates that the first portion is passthrough data, and the second metadata indicates that the second portion is federatable data. The edge device receives the federatable data from each of the client systems, federates the federatable data into federated data, and provides the federated data. The federated data is of a smaller quantity than the received federatable data. The backend system receives the passthrough data from the client systems, receives the federated data from the edge device, analyzes the passthrough data and the federated data, and configures the data communication network based upon the analysis.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A data communication network, comprising:
 a plurality of client systems, each client system configured to provide telemetry data to the data communication network, to tag a first element of the telemetry data with first metadata, and to tag a second element of the telemetry data with second metadata, wherein the first metadata indicates that the first element is passthrough data, and wherein the second metadata indicates that the second element is federatable data; 
 an edge device configured to receive the federatable data from each of the client systems, to federate the federatable data into federated data, and to provide the federated data, wherein the federated data is of a smaller quantity than the received federatable data; and 
 a backend system configured to receive the passthrough data from the client systems and to receive the federated data from the edge device, to analyze the passthrough data and the federated data, and to configure the data communication network based upon the analysis. 
 
     
     
       2. The data communication network of  claim 1 , wherein the first metadata indicates that the first element of the telemetry data is generated uniquely by a first one of the client systems. 
     
     
       3. The data communication network of  claim 2 , wherein the second metadata indicates that the second element of the telemetry data is generated multiple times by the client systems. 
     
     
       4. The data communication network of  claim 3 , wherein the second element of the telemetry data includes telemetry data that is generated by multiple client systems. 
     
     
       5. The data communication network of  claim 3 , wherein the second element of the telemetry data includes telemetry data that is generated multiple times by a second one of the client systems. 
     
     
       6. The data communication network of  claim 3 , wherein, in federating the federatable data, the edge device is further configured to combine the multiple instances of the telemetry data into a common element of telemetry data. 
     
     
       7. The data communication network of  claim 1 , further comprising a tagging orchestrator configured to provide tagging information to the client systems, wherein the tagging information is based upon the analysis, and wherein the client systems tag the first and second elements based on the tagging information. 
     
     
       8. The data communication network of  claim 1 , wherein the tagging of the first element and the second element is based upon a condition of the telemetry data. 
     
     
       9. The data communication network of  claim 8 , wherein the condition includes at least one of a data type, a data class, a data source, a data criticality, a data sensitivity, a data location, a data consumer, a data usage, a target type, a current owner, and a data purgability. 
     
     
       10. The data communication network of  claim 1 , wherein the telemetry data is based on a workload distribution within the client systems. 
     
     
       11. In a data communication network having a plurality of client systems, a method comprising:
 tagging a first element of telemetry data from the associated client system with first metadata, wherein the first metadata indicates that the first element is passthrough data; 
 tagging a second element of the telemetry data with second metadata, wherein the second metadata indicates that the second element is federatable data; 
 receiving, by an edge device of the data communication network, the federatable data from each of the client systems; 
 federating the federatable data into federated data, wherein the federated data is of a smaller quantity than the received federatable data; 
 receiving, by a backend system of the data communication network, the passthrough data from the client systems and the federated data from the edge device; 
 analyzing the passthrough data and the federated data; and 
 configuring the data communication network based upon the analysis. 
 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 11 , wherein the first metadata indicates that the first element of the telemetry data is generated uniquely by a first one of the client systems. 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 12 , wherein the second metadata indicates that the second element of the telemetry data is generated multiple times by the client systems. 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 13 , wherein the second element of the telemetry data includes telemetry data that is generated by multiple client systems. 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 13 , wherein the second element of the telemetry data includes telemetry data that is generated multiple times by a second one of the client systems. 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 13 , wherein in federating the federatable data, the method further comprises combining, by the edge device, the multiple instances of the telemetry data into a common element of telemetry data. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 11 , further comprising providing, by a tagging orchestrator of the data communication network, tagging information to the client systems, wherein the tagging information is based upon the analysis, and wherein the client systems tag the first and second elements based on the tagging information. 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 11 , wherein the tagging of the first element and the second element is based upon a condition of the telemetry data. 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 18 , wherein the condition includes at least one of a data type, a data class, a data source, a data criticality, a data sensitivity, a data location, a data consumer, a data usage, a target type, a current owner, and a data purgability. 
     
     
       20. A data communication network, comprising:
 a plurality of client systems, each client system configured to provide telemetry data to the data communication network, to tag a first element of the telemetry data with first metadata, and to tag a second element of the telemetry data with second metadata, wherein the first metadata indicates that the first element is passthrough data, and wherein the second metadata indicates that the second element is federatable data, and wherein the telemetry data is based on a workload distribution within the client systems 
 an edge device configured to receive the federatable data from each of the client systems, to federate the federatable data into federated data, and to provide the federated data, wherein the federated data is of a smaller quantity than the received federatable data; 
 a backend system configured to receive the passthrough data from the client systems and to receive the federated data from the edge device, to analyze the passthrough data and the federated data, and to configure the data communication network based upon the analysis; and 
 a tagging orchestrator configured to provide tagging information to the client systems, wherein the tagging information is based upon the analysis, and wherein the client systems tag the first and second elements based on the tagging information.